John leroh



JOHN Lenen. or UH'LnasvILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 97,205, lated November 23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CQMBINED HARROW AND CULTIVATOR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

`described hereafter, so as to remove stones and clods from each sideof a row of young corn, break the clods, loosen the soil, and turn it against or adjacent to the row. s

My invention further consists Vof a device for raising such stalks or blades of corn as may have been beaten down, and also of other improvements, explained hereafter.

Description of the Accompanying Dra/wings.

Figure 1, Drawing'No. 1, is a perspective v-iew of my combined barrow and cultivatorg:

Figure 2, a longitudinal section of the same;

Figure 3, a plan View;

Figuresi and 5,'Drawing No.2, views of parts of the implement detached;

`Figure 6, an inverted ,plan view, showing the implement as arranged for a' marker; and 1 Figure 7, an inverted plan view o f the implement arranged as a barrow. v

General'escre'ptlon.

llibe frame-work of the implement consists of the two lower bars, B and B', (inclined in contrary directious, as seenvin fig. 3,) each of which has a projection, G, the bars being connected, by posts F, F', and F, to crossieces E, E', and

A pole, is so attached to the cross-piece E', by means of a pin, l, as to'turn freely, and passes through a staple, secured to the cross-piece F.

Two hanmes, D D, are secured to the cross-bar E', and extend beyond 'the crcsspiece E, to which they are also secured.

To the under side of cach of the bars Band B', at the front end ofthe same, is attached an inclined' scraper, g, and to the bars is Valso secured a series of barrow-teeth, ff, and at the rear of the lat-ter, the cultivator-teeth d d. y

From the rear of the cross-piece Ef, project plates e e, through slots in which pass the upper ends of lifters h h, each of the latter being' confined, atV the lower end,to the frame, by a pin passing through a curved slot in the lifter, as best observed in figr2;

The scraper g, above referred to, is fitted between flanges, j'j', on a plate, j, one of which is secured to the under side of each of the bars B andBQa bolt, i, passing through the flanges, and through one of a number of holes inl the scraper, so that the latter canv be adjusted on the plate, and secured after adjustment. (See g. 5.) 4

A. shoulder, f', is formed on each of the harrowteeth j', for bearing against the under side of the bar B, through which the stem of the' tooth projects, so

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as to receive a nut bearing on the'top of the bar. 4 By this arrangement, a tooth can he' readily withdrawn and replaced at pleasure. l n

Thelimplement is arranged to straddle the row of young corn when the stalks of the latter are from six to eighteen inches high, and as it is drawn forward, the inclined Scrapers displace all stones, grass, clods of earth,'&c., adjacent to the corn,fand move them in front of the harrow-teeth,'the sharp edges of which cut up the grass and clods, and teudto turn the same under, in consequence of the teeth being curved backward, as shown.

The cultivator-teeth then turn the soil overv and against or adjacent to the row of corn, the innermost cultivatortecth admitting of being so 'adjusted that Vthe soil may be deposited nearer to or further from the stalks, as circumstances may suggest.

The bent points of the litters h h are -so situated, in respect tothe inner cultivator-teeth, that they will elevate such of the young blades of corn as may have been beaten down, and prevent them from being cut by the teeth, the soil deposited near the stalks by the cultivator-teeth tending to retain the previously-depressed stalks in an elevated position.

- These lifters, owing to their curved slots s s, will, on meeting any obstructions, ride over the same..

fThe pole H being attached by aswivel-joint to the implement, the latter can be turned on its side, in passing stumps or other -obstructions, or in going over a road, without disturbing the harness.

Fig. 6 illustrates another use t0 which the imple-l ment may -be put, that of a marker.

This conversion is accomplished by simply removing the Scrapers and the cult-ivator-teeth, and in place ofthe latter, applying markers, la le, situated at a proper distance apart, the` marking-rod m, shown in iig. l, being used as a guide in directing theimplement. v

Fig. 7 illustrates another adaptation of my invention..

By removing the scraper and cultivator-teeth, and by bolting to the rear of the frame A A', a bar, L, provided with any suitable number of harrow-teeth, the implement can be readily converted into 'an ordinary barrow.'

Claims.

l. lbe arrangement, in' front of the barrow-teeth ff, of inclined Scrapers g, as set forth'.

2. The Scrapers, so combined with a flanged plate, j, secured to the former, as to be'adjustable thereon.

3.' The` lifters le, constructed and applied .to .the frame of the implement, substantially as set forth.

Y 4. The combination of the said lii'ters with the in,`

nermost adjustable cultivator-teeth.

In testimony whereof, 'I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses: JOHN LERCH.

i E. H. BAILEY, HARRY SMITH. 

